Regulation of apoptotic pathways during endometriosis: from the molecular basis to the future perspectives

Archives of gynecology - Tập 294 Số 5 - Trang 897-904 - 2016
Václav Větvička1, Antonio Simone Laganà2, Francesca Maria Salmeri3, Onofrio Triolo2, Vittorio Palmara2, Salvatore Giovanni Vitale2, Vincenza Sofo3, Milena Králíčková4
1Department of Pathology, University of Louisville, Louisville, USA
2Unit of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi”, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
3Department of Biomedical Sciences, Dentistry and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
4Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic

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